Govt selects 10 AI startups for international expansion programme

IANS | April 17, 2026 1:13 PM

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The IndiaAI Mission under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has selected 10 Indian Artificial Intelligence (AI) startups for the second cohort of its global acceleration programme, aimed at helping domestic firms scale internationally, the government said on Friday.

SC declines to extend transit anticipatory bail to Pawan Khera

IANS | April 17, 2026 1:07 PM

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) In a second setback within two days, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant Congress leader Pawan Khera protection from arrest and declined his plea to extend the duration of transit anticipatory bail in connection with the FIR lodged in Assam over his alleged defamatory remarks against the wife of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

By forcing delimitation, Centre wants to redraw country’s electoral map: DMK’s Kanimozhi

IANS | April 17, 2026 12:39 PM

New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Friday launched a strong counter to the government’s defence of three proposed legislations, including women's reservation bill in Parliament, for the operationalization of women’s quota and accused of it using the cause to "safeguard" its own political future by redrawing the electoral map of the country.